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Who is credited with inventing the first microscope?
Who is credited with inventing the first microscope?
- Anton van Leeuwenhoek
- Salvino d'armate
- Hans Lippershey
- Hans and Zacharias Janssen (correct)
Where did Hans Lippershey settle and make spectacles, binoculars, and microscopes?
Where did Hans Lippershey settle and make spectacles, binoculars, and microscopes?
- Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Middelburg, Holland (correct)
- Wesel, Germany
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
When was the first microscope invented?
When was the first microscope invented?
- 1400s
- 1500s (correct)
- 1200s
- 1300s
Who is most famous for filing the first patent for a telescope in the 1570s?
Who is most famous for filing the first patent for a telescope in the 1570s?
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What principle of optics was already known by the 1200s?
What principle of optics was already known by the 1200s?
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